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1. 01:02 PM - Re: RV8 for sale (Richard Martin)
2. 04:38 PM - PC 680 Battery (Don McCallister)
3. 06:02 PM - Oil Cooler Mount Cracks - Replacement Follow Up... (Matt Dralle)
4. 07:04 PM - Excel file (Wheeler North)
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| Subject: | Re: RV8 for sale |
John,
I just returned home from a visit with my daughter in Washington, DC.
I am sorry to hear that you lost your medical, and will miss seeing you and
competing your at all of the air races that you and I usually compete in.
I have always admired the performance that you have obtained from your RV8.
I can handle the dig in this post.
I stil hope to see you again at some future aviation event. Also, if you
and your wife decide to travel to Spruce Creek this winter, I would hope t
o
see you. Of course you are welcome in my condo.
I wish you the best of luck in the future.
Dick Martin
the now unchallenged fast one
RV8
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On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 8:34 AM, John Huft <rv8tor@lazy8.net> wrote:
> *RV8 For Sale*
>
> Well, I had hoped it would be another 20 years before I had to write this
,
> but I have lost my medical.
>
> So, my award and race winning RV8 =93Nuisance=94 is for sale. I am asking
$125K
> for her.
>
> I have a website that is not quite up to date at
>
> http://lazy8.net/rv8.html
>
> The airplane has about 550 hours tach time. The blended airfoil prop has
> about 250 since new.
>
> If you like to fly fast, or just fly with your buds and use less fuel, he
re
> is a good airplane for you. Last year she won the metal airplane class at
> the CAF=C9 Fuel Venture 400 for fuel efficiency. She has dominated the RV
> classes at the SARL races since they started, and in fact the only time s
he
> finished second in the last five years was this summer=92s AirVenture Cup
,
> where she got beaten by Dave Anders. That includes beating the so-called
> fast one, Dick Martin, in his 390 powered RV8, 3 times. A number of times
in
> SARL races she beat Rockets on half the fuel.
>
> She now has a full glass panel with mechanical backups=85Garmin 696,
> AFS-3500, Garmin 430W and 327 xponder, and TruTrak Digiflight II VSGV. S
he
> has always been hangared, and is in excellent condition.
>
> John Huft john@lazy8.net 970-759-1600
>
>
> *
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What is the best recent price and dealer for the Odyssey PC-680 today???
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| Subject: | Oil Cooler Mount Cracks - Replacement Follow Up... |
Dear Listers,
First, let me say thanks to everyone that responded to my post regarding the
oil cooler mount cracks. Lots of great feedback; I really appreciate it.
Rather than subject the Oil Cooler's mounts directly to the mounting screw's
tension, I decided to craft some angle brackets that much more evenly
distribute the load over the original mount. I made a set for the front
and back of the rear mount and a single top bracket for the front mount
that would sandwich the Oil Cooler mount to the rear baffle. I very
carefully trimmed the tube spacers to exactly fit between the front and
back brackets; much more precisely than the original installation. The
inside rear Oil Cooler mount got the requisite top and bottom notching to
clear the engine mount and this time I hogged out a bit more to give even
better clearance. (A couple of people noted the scratches on the motor
mount near these original notches; I believe these were from when I was
filing the original oil cooler, I got a little over zealous and scrapped
the power coat; I don't believe that there has been any incounters between
the oil cooler and the mount due to engine shake.) I also added a few more
rivets on the flanges between the rear and left-rear baffle sheet metal
pieces.
To absorb some of the engine vibration, crafted a "gasket" of sorts from the
same rubber material the baffle seals are made of. This really seem to
nicely isolate the Oil Cooler from the baffle/engine.
Finally, I crafted a sweet stabilization strut from aluminum tube stock to
form a brace from the engine to the top of the rear engine baffle. This
made a HUGE difference in the overall stiffness of the oil cooler and I'm
hoping will be the final modification in solving this Oil Cooler cracking
issue.
Thanks again for all the feedback!
-
Matt Dralle
RV-8 #82880 N998RV
http://www.mattsrv8.com - Matt's RV-8 Construction Blog
http://www.youtube.com/MattsRV8 - Matt's RV-8 HDTV YouTube Channel
Status: 112+ Hours Total Time Since May 2 2010 Test Flight!
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Hi All,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
It would be nice to see the results as listed in your spreadsheet.
Unfortunately, not all of us have access to the latest and greatest
Excel version. How about saving a copy in an earlier format?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>DONE both versions are uploaded
What was the density altitude? Fixed pitch prop?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GPS alt was 8400 ish... and it was a cold day so DA is
likely close. Prop is fixed pitch Sensenich cruise (85) which is why RPM
wanders some. DA really won't matter in this comparison because the point
was just to see general behavior. What is amazing is how much temperature
change occurs with a relatively low change in timing.
Since there are a few RV-6's out there with O-320/O-360s that have displayed
higher CHTs than desired I wanted to produce some data reflecting solutions.
Retarding timing is the simple one, more cowl exit is the hard one, and you
can't just make the hole bigger by angling the cut forward. That just
pressurizes it at high AOA. (Been there - done that) It needs to be a louver
or flap door with sides.
For TO and climbout I generally dial in about 20deg of cowl open. The flap
is the width of the exit scoop and about ten inches long so it is a bit of a
barn door. I didn't really want the speed brake feature but the servo goes
there so it will help with those longer strafing runs next time I have to
save the world.
;{)
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